Less than 200 miles away from Moab, landscape is fully different.
 
 
1. Telluride, small mining town founded around 1870.
 

 
 
2. Most of the buildings are original and façades are maintained around what they looked like then.
 

 
 
3. Main street.
 

 
 
4. In the side streets, small miners houses have become prized.
 

 
 
5. They are jealously kept in owning families.
 

 
 
6. Overview of the city that became famous ski resort, while VLV starts the track that will lead her to Imogene Pass.
 

 
 
7. Another example ofwhat was created by the gold fever: a carved into the cliff road that crosses a pass at over 13’000 feet above sea level, not less!
 

 
 
8. VivaLaVida sometimes seemed well wide on the narrow track. Would recommend as therapy for people suffering from vertigo..!
 

 
 
9. There is even a small tunnel to cross a rocky outcrop.
 

 
 
10. The road rises amid the still green aspens.
 

 
 
11. The tree limit stands between 9,500 and 10,800 feet elevation here.
 

 
 
12. The mountain is gorgeous with alpine tundra and large screes.
 

 
 
13. The rise is endless but VLV climb valiantly despite the altitude.
 

 
 
14. The last section is cutted in a 45° scree.
 

 
 
15. And here is the pass!
 

 
 
16. Altitude is on the GPS: 4029 meters or 13,218 feet! Impressive!
 

 
 
17. There are no more than loose stones up there.
 

 
 
18. Clouds arrived…
 

 
 
19. Mineral oxides are ubiquitous, coloring the mountains…
 

 
 
20. The trail near the pass.
 

 
 
21. Red Mountains through which VLV will sneak tomorrow.
 

 
 
22. Snow showers changing landscape…
 

 
 
23. Constrasts…
 

 
 
24. Mineral desert…
 

 
 
25. Down the other side.
 

 
 
26. The track is not of every rest but nothing to stop VLV!
 

 
 
27. Last section before the arrival in Ouray, another small mining town to discover in the next update.
 

 
 
Sorry for the long update, follow of the journey in a few days. 😉